Soft Infrastructure Development in Central Asia 2020: Effective Infrastructure Development Through Legislation, Regulation, Policies, Governance, and Public Private Frameworks

Soft Infrastructure Development in Central Asia 2020: Effective Infrastructure Development Through Legislation, Regulation, Policies, Governance, and Public Private Frameworks (December 6, 2019) The resource-rich and geographically strategic region of Central… Continue reading Soft Infrastructure Development in Central Asia 2020: Effective Infrastructure Development Through Legislation, Regulation, Policies, Governance, and Public Private Frameworks

Central Eurasian Studies Society Annual Conference 2020 at Ohio University

Annual Conference 2020: Panel and paper proposals, travel grant applications, and pre-conference workshop applications now being accepted (deadline: March 30). CESS is pleased to announce that panel and paper proposals,… Continue reading Central Eurasian Studies Society Annual Conference 2020 at Ohio University

Job Announcement: Summer School in Russian and Eurasian Studies

Nazarbayev University seeks instructors to teach intensive Kazakh and Russian courses to international students during their summer intensive program. Under the supervision of the program director, instructors will be expected… Continue reading Job Announcement: Summer School in Russian and Eurasian Studies

Tajik Artists Lead Social Change: The Role of Art in Questioning Tajik Traditional Values

By Lola Ulugova CAP Paper 227 (CAAF Fellows Papers), January 2020 Lola Ulugova (Lolisanam) has been an art manager in Tajikistan since 2000. She has contributed in writing and producing… Continue reading Tajik Artists Lead Social Change: The Role of Art in Questioning Tajik Traditional Values

Choosing Your Battles: Different Languages of Kazakhstani Youth Activism

By Nafissa Insebayeva  CAP Paper 226 (CAAF Fellows Papers), January 2020 Nafissa Insebayeva is a PhD Candidate at the University of Tsukuba, Japan, where she specializes in Kazakhstan’s domestic politics,… Continue reading Choosing Your Battles: Different Languages of Kazakhstani Youth Activism

Canadian Government Scholarships for Students from Azerbaijan, Uzbekistan, Turkmenistan, and Kazakhstan

The new Study in Canada Scholarships program will offer full academic scholarships for up to two years of study at the post-secondary level that leads to a diploma, post-secondary or… Continue reading Canadian Government Scholarships for Students from Azerbaijan, Uzbekistan, Turkmenistan, and Kazakhstan

Study a Central Eurasian Language at the University of Wisconsin-Madison!

The Central Eurasian Studies Summer Institute (CESSI) at the University of Wisconsin-Madison is accepting applications! They offer eight-week courses in intensive elementary and intermediate Kazakh, Tajik, Uyghur, and Uzbek. Graduate… Continue reading Study a Central Eurasian Language at the University of Wisconsin-Madison!

The Central Asia-Azerbaijan Fellowship Program’s Seminar: Youth as a Factor of Social Change in Central Asia

The Central Asia Program is proud to announce our CAAFP 2019 Fellows’ Final Research Presentation. Join us for a half-day seminar featuring our scholars from Tajikistan, Kyrgyzstan, and Kazakhstan as… Continue reading The Central Asia-Azerbaijan Fellowship Program’s Seminar: Youth as a Factor of Social Change in Central Asia